Example sentences of "[conj] when [pron] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My career is precious to me — and you knew that when you married me . |
| 2 | Of course , he did n't realize that when he married me . |
| 3 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't know why ’ Constanza told me that when she told me so little else . |
| 5 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |
| 6 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 7 | Well , it 's a lot better than when you saw me last time ! |
| 8 | I was n't gay , and when somebody asked me I 'd say , ‘ No , I 'm not ’ , which was the truth . |
| 9 | And when they lay me in my wedding dress on that table , I 'll have my revenge on him ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton . |
| 11 | But there were five of them there one day in the porch and when they saw me they gathered up their bottles and began to go , except one . |
| 12 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 13 | And when they banned me from playing cricket for a month , they actually did me a favour . |
| 14 | And when they rang me about the killing and somebody said , ‘ your friend 's been murdered , ’ I said , ‘ You 're talking rubbish . ’ ’ |
| 15 | Leslie was disturbed to hear of this latest small trauma : ‘ It distresses me , ’ he wrote , ‘ to think of you being chivvied about in the way you are ; after all , the army supports me , and when it moves me thinks a wee bit about me . |
| 16 | I worshipped you , Angela , thought that I was coming back to you , and when you left me , you left me with nothing . |
| 17 | I 've signed this contract , I like this place , and I 'll be happy to look after both surgeries as and when you wish me to . ’ |
| 18 | I will well , therefore , that you should , as you have said , deal for me as you may , and when you summon me to conference with your own warranty , I will not hesitate to come . |
| 19 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 20 | We went out for a meal , and when he took me home he wanted to come in . |
| 21 | He was a young er man er who was just er a young boy , he was promoting records and trying to get into the business and , and er he remembered me well , and when they found out that I was n't easy to , to reach , no-one knew where I was , he was able to track me down and when he told me that er I had this big hit record , I thought it was someone playing a joke on me , because here in America , they have a television show called The Blue Bird , where they play jokes on people and , and tell them things , and then they videotape you and then there 's a funny reaction that this is a big television show . |
| 22 | This teacher was always making me sit on his knee , and when he asked me questions like ‘ What is the square root of five thousand six hundred and seventy-eight and a half ? ’ , which I could n't answer , he tickled me . |
| 23 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
| 24 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 25 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 26 | And when he passed me , I think Charlie feels guilty cos when he passed me he said alright I just did n't say anything . |
| 27 | The closest we get together is when we dance and when he slaps me on the arse and that 's about it . |
| 28 | Mr. Golding usually had a smile and when he saw me would say , ‘ Goin' to help me today , then Arthur ? ’ |
| 29 | His hair came right down over his face but his eyes gleamed through it , and when he saw me he grinned a wide toothy grin , like one of those gibbons Vern was so neurotic about at the zoo . |
| 30 | I gave a cry , and when he saw me , he stepped back in sudden surprise . |